[Zope-Coders] Wrong username and password == Anonymous User?

[Chris Withers]

Lennart Regebro wrote:
>>I don't think that's the case. I have a specific requirement on the
>>project I'm currently working on to know who the current user is, even
>>if the something is anonymously accessible.
> 
> So you *allow* authorization, and use it, but you don't *require* it.

No. I was to authenticate when credentials are present rather than 
waiting until authorization is required before starting ot look for 
authentication credentials...

>>Perhaps userfolders should have the opportunity to do something as
>>they're traversed through to authenticate, rather than waiting until
>>something that requires authorisation kicks them off?
> 
> Sounds reasonable.

Any ideas where/how that should be implemented?

>>Well, I have to say I was really disappointed when I read the W3C specs
>>for response codes. They freely interchange authentication and
>>authorization, which are two totally different concepts :-(
> 
> Right.

Well, I hope you use of "authorization" after "*allow*" was an accident 
then ;-)

cheers,

Chris

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